# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 7, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070 "2016-12-07T00:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 215
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4281 "2017-05-11T21:13:21Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I wonder how many bugs were planted that day. Vlad knows. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4282 "2017-05-11T21:21:00Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > Apropos of nothing, I haven’t seen mention of Bannon lately. Anyone know what might be going on with him these days? Hopefully that piece of filth has crawled back into his whisky bottle. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4283 "2017-05-11T21:27:03Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I wonder how many bugs were planted that day. Was Trump gifted any trinkets that could be displayed in the Oval Office? Maybe a nice painting to brighten up the Situation Room. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4284 "2017-05-11T21:50:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Actually, Sarah Huckabee said Comey had committed “atrocities”. Deputy press secretary Sarah today, referring to the FBI’s probe into Moscow’s interference in last year’s election: **"We want this [The Russian Investigation] to come to its conclusion**, we want it to come to its conclusion with integrity. … **And we think that we’ve actually, by removing Director Comey, taken steps to make that happen."** [www.cnn.com/…](http://www.cnn.com/%E2%80%A6) How clear does it have to be??? Meanwhile back at the ranch… FBI Raids Manafort /Stone related firm [www.baltimoresun.com/](http://www.baltimoresun.com/)… FBI RAIDs GOP Campaign Firm on RICO Warrant Thursday May 11, 2017 · 1:14 PM PDT 2017/05/11 · 13:14 BREAKING: FBI Runs RICO RAID on GOP Firm in Annapolis MD for money laundering… Connected to Page and Manafort. [strategiccampaigngroup.com](http://strategiccampaigngroup.com)[twitter.com/](http://twitter.com/)… The FBI is serving warrants on a GOP fundraising firm in Annapolis Maryland. The firm already has some shady elements and is connected to both Allen West and Ken Cuccinelli. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4285 "2017-05-11T21:52:22Z")
This went up in the White House today. Does it qualify as a “nice painting”? > ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4286 "2017-05-11T21:55:50Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > This went up in the White House today. Does it qualify as a “nice painting”? > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/bi_politics/status/862689599113572353) it’s not giant, either. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4287 "2017-05-11T22:17:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Was Trump gifted any trinkets that could be displayed in the Oval Office? > Maybe a nice painting to brighten up the Situation Room. SNL had the gift as an “elf on the shelf,” which Putin advised Trump should always face forward toward Trump’s desk. Seems as likely as anything else. > **[‘SNL’ mocks Trump, Putin and ties with Exxon CEO | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/18/entertainment/snl-trump-putin-tillerson/)** > > After being called “unwatchable, totally biased, not funny,” by the President elect, Alec Baldwin and his impersonation of Donald Trump returned. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4288 "2017-05-11T22:31:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > This went up in the White House today. Does it qualify as a “nice painting”? > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/bi_politics/status/862689599113572353) Wow - he really can’t move forward. (But speaking from one of the counties that’s deep deep deep blue, it’s nice in that it says “All of this? Not us. We didn’t do it. See right there on the map.”) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4289 "2017-05-11T22:52:15Z")
Aha, what a surprise. The knucklehead believes that a map showing empty prairie land voting Republican indicates some kind of decisive victory. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4290 "2017-05-11T22:56:48Z")
But, but, look at all that red! ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4291 "2017-05-11T23:18:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > But, but, look at all that red! In Canada, the colours are reversed. Red means Liberal, Blue means Conservative. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4292 "2017-05-11T23:22:35Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > In Canada, the colours are reversed. Red means Liberal, Blue means Conservative. Wanna switch places? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4293 "2017-05-11T23:26:44Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Aha, what a surprise. The knucklehead believes that a map showing empty prairie land voting Republican indicates some kind of decisive victory. Yes, Trump and his fanatical hordes certainly represent the “Red Team”, and they’ve demonstrated some significant weaknesses in our current way of electing a government. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4294 "2017-05-11T23:44:19Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Wanna switch places? Not. A. Chance. I’d sooner live under the the Rhino Party than Trump. They want to repeal the Law of Gravity, and they’re still saner than Trump. They want to promote higher education by building taller schools, and that would probably be more effective than DeVos. And so on. > **[Rhinoceros Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_Party)** > > The Rhinoceros Party, officially the Parti Rhinocéros Party, is a Canadian federal political party. It originally existed from 1963 to 1993. It was refounded in Montreal on May 21, 2006, and was registered with Elections Canada on August 23, 2007. It was known as neorhino.ca until 2010 when the party changed its name and logo. > The party was founded by François "Yo" Gourd, who was involved with the original incarnation of the Rhinoceros Party. He has said that he named the new party (then unde... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4295 "2017-05-11T23:55:53Z")
I was willing to get behind them when they promised to level the Rockies so Alberta got an extra half-hour of sunlight. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4296 "2017-05-11T23:56:39Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Not. A. Chance. > > I’d sooner live under the the Rhino Party than Trump. They want to repeal the Law of Gravity, and they’re still saner than Trump. They want to promote higher education by building taller schools, and that would probably be more effective than DeVos. And so on. > > [Rhinoceros Party - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_Party) I miss the Rhino Party. Haven’t had any candidates running where I live for many years. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4297 "2017-05-12T00:35:36Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > I miss the Rhino Party. Haven’t had any candidates running where I live for many years. Has Spider-Man heard about this? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4298 "2017-05-12T00:38:45Z")
So Trump just flat out said he was thinking about the Russia investigation when he decided to fire Comey. NBC interview with Lester Holt. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4299 "2017-05-12T00:48:07Z")
“I could admit on NBC that I’m guilty of obstruction of justice, and not lose the fealty of a single GOP Congressman.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/4300 "2017-05-12T00:49:14Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Has Spider-Man heard about this? I see what you did there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=214) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070.md?page=216)